Umbrella.



PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1905 G. K. S-AWAYA.

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UNITED STAT E S PATENT OFFICE.

UMBRELLA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1906.

Application filed January 11,1906. Serial No. 295,668.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE KALIL SA- WAYA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Umbrellas, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an umbrella which may be collapsed and folded into very small compass, so that it maybe carried in a trunk, suit-case, or satchel and yet be practical, shapely, and effectively braced when expanded or opened for use.

To this end the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved umbrella opened or expanded. Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic elevation of the umbrella-frame partially closed. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the frame partly collapsed and the stick disjointed. Fig.4 is a similar view showing the frame nearly collapsed and the attached stick-section pushed upward. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view of the bracerunners, showing a section of the stick and one of the stops and catches.

In carrying out my invention the stick is divided into a plurality of sections having a jointed connection, as at 1, enabling the sections to be taken apart, one of the sections 2 being left connected with the umbrella-frame while another section 3 is provided with a suitable handle 4 and lower or bottom catch 5, the latter acting in the usual manner to hold the lower runner down when the umbrella is closed in the ordinary way.

The top notch 6 is normally confined between the end stop or cap 7, fast on the upper part of the stick, and a receding snapcatch 8 beneath the same similar to the ordinary snap-catch used on umbrella-sticks for v engaging the runner and holding the same up or down.

Pivotally connected to the top notch 6 are the ribs, which radiate therefrom under the Each of said ribs comprises an inner or upper member 9 and alower or outer member 10, and said inner and outer members are connected by a pivot or hinge joint at 11.

12 designates the umbrella-cover stretched over the ribs in the usual way and attached thereto at suitable intervals.

Two sets of braces are used, inner or upper braces 13 and outer or lower braces 14, the inner braces 13 connecting with an mner or upper runner 15 and the outer braces connecting with an outer or lower runner 16, both runners being slidable along the stick. The inner braces connect pivotally with the inner rib sections or members 9, while the outer braces connect pivotally with the outer rib sections or members 1.0, the two sets of braces thus connecting with the ribs at opposite sides of the connecting-joints thereof, whereby every rib member or section of the entire frame is effectively braced.

In pushing the outer member or runner 16 upward on the stick the inner runner is forced upward thereby, and both runners pass over a receding snap-catch 17 until arrested by a stop in the form of another but reversely-disposed snap-catch 18. The runners 15 and 16 are thus both caught and held between the catches 17 and 1S, and under this adjustment the umbrella is held fully expanded or opened for use, as shown in Fig. 1. The umbrella is lowered and closed by pressing the catch 17 inward, and thereby releasing the runners and sliding the same downward until the outer runner 16 is engaged and held by the catch 5. The umbrella is thus opened and closed like an ordinary one.

To collapse and fold the umbrella, the runners 15 and 16 are pushed upward past both catches 17 and 18 in the manner indicated in Fig. 3 until the runner 15 reaches the top notch 6, and the latter, together with the pivoted ends of the ribs, ise'mbraced by a cup or flange 19 on the upper end of the runner 15, which acts to centralize or draw the ribs together above and beyond the top notch 6 after the manner indicated in Fig. 4, in which, however, the folding operation is not shown completed in order to avoid confusion of parts. As the inner rib sections or members are swung upward, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the outer rib sections or members 10 are swung downward and inward, and when the frame is thus folded the upper stick-section 2 is pushed upward to the position shown in Fig. 4 by pressing the snap-catch 17 inward to let the runners pass over it. The handlesection 3 of the stick may be inserted within the folded umbrella or placed along the side of the same.

I claim 1. An umbrella comprising a jointed and. sectional stick, ribs each consisting of jointed and folding sections, two sets of braces for tions, braces for expanding the rib-sections, expanding the rib-sections, runners for the and a runner embodying a cup which em- 10 two sets of braces, and a pair of snap-catches braces the inner ends of the ribs when pushed on the stick between which both runners are upward. caught and held when the umbrella is eX- GEO. KALIL SAWAYA. panded. Witnesses: 2. An umbrella comprising a stick, ribs CHAS. E. LITTLE, each consisting of jointed and folding seci PERRY BROMBERG. 

